About serving God…
Acts 17:25 And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything,
because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else.
Many of us spend much of our life "serving" God. Many others of us
spend much of our life ignoring God and selfishly serving only ourselves. The
truth is, God does not need us to serve Him because God does not need us, like
we need Him. What God wills is what causes us or should cause us to be His
servants. We serve God not because we could ever add anything to God but we
serve God because we love Him and because we want to glorify Him in the darkened
world in which we live. We may say we are doing God's work, but God is powerful
enough to do His own work. Yet as true servants, we do God's work so the love,
compassion, and redeeming power of Christ can be made known to others. We do
God's work in all we say, think, and do so others will be saved, redeemed, and
find eternal life in Christ. God does not have needs like we have needs. Instead
of needs, God has a will or pushing power. God's will or pushing power is a
power we can choose to align with or align against. In serving God, each of us
has an ultimate choice every second. Each of us has a choice about which
direction we will go every second. We can go in the direction of God's will or
pushing power or we can rebel and go against His will by going our own way. If
we want everything that is possible in life, everything that makes life broad
and makes life deep, we can get the breadth and depth of life only by moving in
God's direction. We get the breadth and depth of life by serving Him to glorify
Him in the hearts and lives of others.
